# Yahoo Finance — Historical Prices (OHLCV) (`ponderable_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper`) Actor

Historical OHLCV price data for stocks, ETFs, crypto & forex from Yahoo Finance — open, high, low, close, adj close, volume. Any range & interval. Free keyless API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ponderable\_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ponderable Hydrometer](https://apify.com/ponderable_hydrometer) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, E-commerce
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Yahoo Finance — Historical Prices (OHLCV)

**Download historical OHLCV price data for stocks, ETFs, crypto, forex and indices from Yahoo
Finance — open, high, low, close, adjusted close and volume — at any interval (1m to 3mo) and range
(up to full history) or between explicit dates.** One clean row per candle. Free, keyless.

Perfect for backtesting, quantitative research, charting, portfolio tracking and finance apps.

### What you get

One row per candle:

- **Identity** — `symbol`, `currency`, `exchange`
- **Time** — `date` (ISO), `timestamp` (unix seconds)
- **Prices** — `open`, `high`, `low`, `close`, `adjClose` (split/dividend-adjusted)
- **Volume** — `volume`

Empty/gap candles that Yahoo pads with nulls are skipped, so every row is real data.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `symbols` | array | — | Tickers, e.g. `["AAPL","BTC-USD","EURUSD=X","^GSPC"]`. **Required.** |
| `range` | enum | `1mo` | `1d`…`10y`, `ytd`, `max` (used when no explicit dates) |
| `interval` | enum | `1d` | `1m`…`3mo` (intraday intervals only work for short ranges) |
| `period1` / `period2` | string | — | Explicit `YYYY-MM-DD` (or unix seconds) window; overrides `range` |
| `events` | string | — | Optional corporate events, e.g. `div,split` |

#### Example input

```json
{"symbols":["AAPL","MSFT","NVDA"],"range":"1y","interval":"1d"}
```

Crypto between explicit dates:

```json
{"symbols":["BTC-USD","ETH-USD"],"period1":"2024-01-01","period2":"2025-01-01","interval":"1d"}
```

Intraday:

```json
{"symbols":["TSLA"],"range":"5d","interval":"15m"}
```

### Output (one candle)

Fields below are the real normalizer output:

```json
{
  "symbol": "AAPL",
  "currency": "USD",
  "exchange": "NMS",
  "date": "2026-07-10T13:30:00.000Z",
  "timestamp": 1783689000,
  "open": 213.5,
  "high": 215.02,
  "low": 212.88,
  "close": 214.29,
  "adjClose": 214.29,
  "volume": 41250000
}
```

### Why this actor

- **Multi-asset** — stocks, ETFs, crypto, forex and indices with the same clean schema.
- **Any interval & range** — intraday to monthly, fixed ranges or explicit date windows.
- **Adjusted close included** — split/dividend-adjusted prices, gap candles removed, retry/backoff.

### Pricing

Pay per result — **$1.00 per 1,000 results** (one result = one price candle). No subscription or platform fees.

### Related actors

- **TradingView Screener** — screen whole markets (snapshot) to pick symbols to pull history for.
- **CoinGecko Scraper** — crypto market data & history.
- **SEC EDGAR Scraper** — US public-company filings to pair with price data.

### Notes & limits

- Intraday intervals (`1m`, `5m`, …) are only available for short recent ranges (Yahoo's limit).
- Prices are as reported by Yahoo Finance and may be adjusted/restated; treat as informational.
- Independent tool built on Yahoo's public v8 chart endpoint; not affiliated with or endorsed by
  Yahoo. You are responsible for compliant use of the output.

# Actor input Schema

## `symbols` (type: `array`):

Tickers to fetch, e.g. \["AAPL","MSFT","BTC-USD","EURUSD=X","^GSPC"].

## `range` (type: `string`):

Time range (used when no explicit dates): 1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max.

## `interval` (type: `string`):

Candle interval: 1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m, 90m, 1h, 1d, 5d, 1wk, 1mo, 3mo. (Intraday intervals only work for short ranges.)

## `period1` (type: `string`):

Explicit start date YYYY-MM-DD (or unix seconds). Overrides Range when both start and end are set.

## `period2` (type: `string`):

Explicit end date YYYY-MM-DD (or unix seconds).

## `events` (type: `string`):

Optionally include corporate events, e.g. "div,split".

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT"
  ],
  "range": "1mo",
  "interval": "1d"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "symbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "MSFT"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "symbols": [
        "AAPL",
        "MSFT",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ponderable_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "symbols": [
    "AAPL",
    "MSFT"
  ]
}' |
apify call ponderable_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ponderable_hydrometer/yahoo-finance-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/CKppbr6fbZh6Flfzm/builds/eZIGHoE9Big5FcXc0/openapi.json